Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1992, 1:45 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1992, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1992, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chautauqua County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 181748 SVRBUF NYC013-181845- BULLETIN EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 145 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK COUNTIES...CHAUTUAQUA AT 145 PM EDT BUFFALO RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE NEW YORK...PENNSYLVANIA BORDER ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF CHAUTUAQUA LAKE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND HAD A HISTORY OF STRONG WINDS WHEN IT WAS OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING.. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE DRAINAGE FLOODING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. IN HOMES A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IS THE SAFEST LOCATION. [ PACE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 12:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
NYZ001<005-021-022-181735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1235 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK AS FAR EAST AS THE CENTRAL FINGER LAKES REGION. THIS INCLUDES THE BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER METROPOLITAN AREAS... AT 1230 PM...BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY OF NEW YORK. ONE OF THESE STORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS NEAR MAYVILLE ON CHAUTAUQUA LAKE. OTHER SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO WESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY AND NORTH TO FREDONIA AND GOWANDA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES BEFORE 2 PM. ELSEWHERE...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA- OHIO BORDER 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ERIE. THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO POPPED UP OVER ONTARIO...10 MILES WEST OF HAMILTON...AND 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF TORONTO. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON FOR FREQUENT UPDATES AND PFOSSIBLE WARNINGS. MCLAUGHLIN
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:41 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
NYZ001<005-021-022-181840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 140 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK AS FAR EAST AS THE CENTRAL FINGER LAKES REGION. AT 130 PM...BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES OF NEW YORK. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WERE LOCATED ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF JAMESTOWN. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 5 MILES EAST OF DAYTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED SHWOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NEARBY SOUTHERN ONTARIO FROM NEAR LONDON AND HAMILTON...NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TORONTO AREA TO LAKE SIMCOE AND PETERBOROUGH. MOVEMENT WAS ALSO NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON FOR FREQUENT UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KUHL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Niagara | 4 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.